“I imagined something like that, but I doubt if Kit does,” said Agatha calmly. “Have you some grounds to think his marrying Evelyn Haigh would be a wrong start?”
“She’s her mother’s daughter.”
“Mrs. Haigh has some useful qualities.”
“She has all the shabby, utilitarian virtues,” Jasper agreed.
“Are some virtues shabby?”
“Don’t you know?” said Jasper with a dry smile. “However, we mustn’t philosophize. If Kit does marry Evelyn, I’d sooner she were like her father; Haigh was a humorous and rather generous wastrel. All the same, Kit is not yet married, and to get rich in Canada is harder than he thinks.”
“But you could help!”
“It’s possible. If my helping implies Miss Haigh’s rewarding Kit, I’m not very keen. In fact, there’s the trouble. Now perhaps you can account for my annoyance. I am annoyed, particularly since I want to be at Netherhall, but I must start for the coast.”
“Kit is obstinately independent,” said Agatha, and seeing Jasper pull out his watch, let him go.